PMID- 9756247 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19981113 LR - 20191024 VI - 22 IP - 9 DP - 1998 Sep TI - Covert manipulation of energy density of high carbohydrate diets in 'pseudo free-living' humans. PG - 885-92 AB - OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of varying the energy density (ED) of high carbohydrate (HC) diets on food and energy intake (EI), subjective hunger and body weight in humans. DESIGN: Randomised cross-over design. Subjects were each studied twice during 14 d, throughout which they had ad libitum access to one of two covertly-manipulated diets. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Six healthy men (mean age (s.d.)=32.17 y s.d. (5.26 y), mean weight=69.74 kg s.d. (2.75 kg), mean height=1.76 m s.d. (0.05 m), body mass index (BMI)=22.57 (2.2) kg/m2) were studied. The fat, carbohydrate (CHO) and protein content (as % energy) and ED of each diet were 21:66:13% and 357 kJ/100 g, (low-energy density (LED)) or 22:66:12% and 629 kJ/100 g (high-energy density (HED)). A medium fat diet was provided at maintenance (1.6 x BMR, MF for 2 d) before each ad libitum period. Subjects could alter the amount, but not the composition of foods eaten. RESULTS: Mean EI was 8.67 and 14.82 MJ/d on the LED and HED diets, respectively. Subjects felt significantly more hungry on the LED diet, than on the HED diet (F(1,160)38.28; P < 0.001) and found the diets to be similarly pleasant (72.72 mm vs 71.54 mm (F(1,392)0.31; P = 0.579)). Mean body weight decreased on the LED diet at a rate of 0.1 kg/d and increased at 0.06 kg/d on the HED diet (F(1,131)86.60; P < 0.001), giving total weight changes of -1.41 kg and +0.84 kg, respectively, both of which were significantly different from zero (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Excess EI is possible on HC, HED diets, at least under conditions where diet selection is precluded. Comparison of these results with previous studies, which altered ED using fat, suggests that CHO may be a better cue for hunger than fat. FAU - Stubbs, R J AU - Stubbs RJ AD - The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, UK. FAU - Johnstone, A M AU - Johnstone AM FAU - Harbron, C G AU - Harbron CG FAU - Reid, C AU - Reid C LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord JT - International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity JID - 9313169 RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Dietary Fats) RN - 0 (Dietary Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Appetite MH - Body Mass Index MH - Body Weight MH - Cross-Over Studies MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/*administration & dosage MH - Dietary Fats/administration & dosage MH - Dietary Proteins/administration & dosage MH - Eating MH - *Energy Intake MH - Food Preferences MH - Homeostasis MH - Humans MH - Hunger MH - Male EDAT- 1998/10/02 00:00 MHDA- 1998/10/02 00:01 CRDT- 1998/10/02 00:00 PHST- 1998/10/02 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/10/02 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/10/02 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800676 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1998 Sep;22(9):885-92. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800676.